celestial marriage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of celestial marriage
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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One day Joseph was chatting about celestial marriage with Brigham and the unmarried Fanny Young.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2014
Popular knowledge of Mormons centres on their practice of "celestial marriage," better known as polygamy.
From Time Magazine Archive
This he did as a feeler among the people, to pave the way for celestial marriage.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry
You know I'd suspicioned more than once that you wasn't overly strong on the doctrinal point of celestial marriage.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon
The principle of celestial marriage was now known to them, so far as their own eternal covenant was concerned, but the doctrine of plurality of wives which it involves, was yet to be revealed.
From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.
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